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Economist Anirban Basu said its positive overall carjackings are down across the City, but if they continue to happen in areas of commerce and tourism people won’t travel to Baltimore.
Should the world be so dependent on chips made in a country on a geopolitical faultline between China and America?
The economics of superintelligence If Silicon Valley’s predictions are even close to being accurate, expect unprecedented upheaval ...
Cotality economist Kaytlin Ezzy says while the market is stabilising in some areas, others appear to show early signs of a re-acceleration in rental costs.
South Africa's inflation rate edged higher in June, reaching the base of the central bank's target range, but analysts said there was still scope to ease monetary policy.
What does it take to make a nuclear weapon? Introducing “The Bomb”, our new four-part podcast series on the past, present and future of America’s nuclear stockpile ...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should resign to protect the US central bank from increasing attacks from President Donald Trump, economist Mohamed El-Erian argued on Tuesday.
A version of this article appears in print on July 27, 2025, Section SR, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: The Perverse Economics of Assisted Suicide.
An extension ag economist says a wait-and-see approach to grain marketing isn’t always a bad thing. “It really depends on the structure of the farm and the farmer.” Chad Hart with Iowa State ...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is nervous about an imminent fraud crisis, warning that bad actors using AI to gain access to consumer accounts is coming "very, very soon." Why it matters: Altman said ...
Virginia’s unemployment rate is on the rise. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Virginia was the only state in the country to see a statistically significant rise in its ...
Leading economic index points to recession. It may be another false signal, economist says. By William Watts (Oxford Economics) ...